Bayless Cobb Interview with Isle Surfboards San Diego
Biography:
Bayless Cobb CEO AD Nightclub, President King Diamond, Inc., Managing Director AMG Banking
Bayless Cobb
BAYLESS COBB BIO:
After narrowly completing finishing school in Coronado, Bayless Cobb followed his passion and traveled to the exotic tropical islands off of Africa in the Indian Ocean to learn the lost art of inland lobster farming.
As Bayless Cobb would later tell Time magazine, “They are mean, rotten, aggressive creatures.” Bayless Cobb accounted that their aggressiveness was the main reason that throughout history, inland lobster farming had never taken off as a profitable or even practical venture, explaining that once they reached a certain size; the cannibalistic lobsters would turn on each other without provocation, ready for their next meal.
By the age of 17, Bayless Cobb had triumphed above all odds and displaying a preternatural gift for communicating with captive lobsters, rewrote every book on the subject, eventually being coined the Lobster Whisperer.
Amidst all his success and accolades Bayless Cobb once again grew restless and longed for another adventure. On the eve of his 18th birthday, emboldened by rum, Bayless Cobb signed a contract with the Maldivian Merchant Marines.
Quickly learning that, much like his father he lacked sea-legs, Bayless Cobb broke his contract, jumped ship and wandered the Seychelles with a bounty on his head for the remainder of his teen years – working the spice trade and studying linguistics.
By the time he was 21, Lady Luck smiled on Bayless Cobb once again and he made quite a name for himself as a distinguished yet ornery yacht broker. This was not to last, and after following a bad tip from an old Cuban friend and doing a small stint in an Antiguan jail on trumped-up charges, Bayless Cobb made his way back to Coronado Island. In Coronado he was reunited with childhood friends JR Caribe and Marc Lee Miller and tried his luck in the treacherous yet lucrative financial waters of Southern California in the early 2000’s.
After following the ebb and flow of the markets he has since settled down to a relaxing life surrounded by friends and family with a small bed and breakfast in Cape Canaveral.
Home town: Coronado
Best surf trip: Driving from Guadalajara to Nogales with @chuckspissed and J.R. Caribe
Favorite surfer: Three way tie between, Raymond Richardson, John “Turtle” Philbin and Christian Fletcher
Biggest accomplishment: Surviving an ill-fated snorkeling adventure off the Canton Compound south of Rosarito with 11 lbs. of dive-weights and 20 year-old UDT flippers in 4-foot surf and zero vis, accompanied by Raymundo, J.R. Caribe, Miller, Uncle Dave, Canton and MacCartee. Uncle Dave was the only one smart enough to watch us from the cliff. PS. Raymond thanks for recommending the dive weights and rotten flippers!
What do you do when the surf is flat: Spending time with the infamous Italia Cobb and Giana Michelle Loya, Stand-Up with Marc & J.R.Caribe, and donate as much time as I can to J.R. Caribe’s charity organization “Man RxHab” helping wayward men reconnect with their families.
Shout Outs: For sure Tomdongalo, then Anthony, Loop-Dog, Jaime , Mehdi, Leyva, Paul Dobson, Dr. Bob, Todd Heater, Uncle Dave, Bunz, Z-Tron, Tallish Paigano, Turk, Mrs. Wilson, Beiber, Whit Dog & Gandy, Tanta, Chrissy, Gerry, Robin, Carter, Doug & Pat MacCartee, Canton, Raymundo, Marisa, the whole Ronis family, of course J-Money & Wild Indian 911, Quiana Loya, Bainers & Dusty, E-Rock, Nancy P and finally Bayless the IV.
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